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BODY & SOUL
CB-DARING

CBD will be integrated into the
western medical systems or stay as a
food supplement, as it is today?
As more high-quality evidence
appears in the coming years, our
conservative medical profession will
have to open up to the many benefits
that people across the globe are
already reporting when using CBD.
Some necessary steps that need to
happen in this process are that all
medical schools start teaching about
the endocannabinoid system and
the effects of cannabis on different
medical conditions. This will be one
of the first steps in giving health
care professionals the confidence to
prescribe it.
We are only at the beginning of the
journey and of late, there has been a
massive shift in general consumer
and patient consciousness: CBD is

part of this movement. I hope we
will soon be able to witness this
holistic approach transmute itself
into the medical profession. We
need to start seeing our patients as
more than symptoms from isolated
systems and acknowledge how the
mind and body work together in a
fine balance, in order to keep us all
healthy and happy.

Dr Julie Moltke is the founder
and editor in chief of Dosage, a
London-based online platform
for cannabis science and general
health and wellness, empowering
through knowledge. She has
worked in emergency medicine,
as an Orthopaedic surgeon,
and as a GP in Denmark, and
is specialised in stress therapy
through mindfulness

TIME TO
BENEFIT
FROM THE
BUZZWORD
BEFORE YOU GET YOUR FIRST
CBD, DO YOUR RESEARCH...
* Why do you want to try CBD?
Is it for anxiety, pain, skin care
or as a general supplement?
* Next, you have to decide
which application method to
use. For localised pain, you
might want to get a topical
product like a crème or a salve.
People with anxiety often use
oil or vape
* If you want to be sure not to
get any Tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC, the psychoactive big
brother of CBD which gets you
high) you should go for an
oil-based CBD isolate. If you
wish to get the effects from
terpenes and other
cannabinoids in the plant,
choose a broad spectrum.
Full-spectrum is not allowed in
the UK as it contains THC,
which is an illegal drug
* Buy your products from a
trusted source with experience
in curating CBD products, and
choose an established brand
with quality control and
third-party testing. All major

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brands should be able to
provide this information,
or have it available on their
website. If not, contact them
so you know what you buy is
what you get
*Start low and go slow. I usually
recommend starting with a low
dose (5-10mg, twice per day).
Eventually, increase this to
between 100-200mg of CBD
per day. Most importantly, you
have to experiment until you
find the right dose - we are all
different when it comes to CBD



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